Take-Two Delays PS2 Austin Powers

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The PlayStation 2 will not be quite so groovy this year -- Dr. Evil's plot hatches in 2002.

By IGN Staff

Buried in the bottom of Take-Two Interactive's quarterly earnings statement, issued today, is the news that the company's Austin Powers game for PlayStation 2 has been delayed until 2002. It was originally scheduled for September of this year. The delay, according to Take-Two, will serve to position the game more favorably in relation to the release of the third movie in the franchise, which is arriving next year.

Being developed by n-Space, the team responsible for Danger Girl and both third-person Duke Nukem adventures on the PlayStation, the as-yet-unnamed Austin Powers adventure was to feature dancing, photography, and mini-games in addition to a multi-character third-person action core -- in theory, you'd be able to play as Powers, Felicity Shagwell, Fat Bastard, and all the rest of the movie's cast. It's likely that the game will see some reworking, though, in order to sync better with the theme of the next movie. The delay should also give n-Space a little more breathing room in its crowded development schedule, which includes the first PS2 Duke Nukem game, also to be published by Take-Two.